Some of us really enjoy going to the Sunbury Fiber Dam and fishing the "White Fly" hatch but as of this week there are "0" of them, they usually make their appearance by Aug 10-15, so far none. If you look near the shores you can see them or on one of the river bridges their presence will be seen at night or the next morning as their bodies will cover the road like a blanket, not this year. I have seen other species on windows around town but no white guys, I have heard that they are around the Harrisburg area and by this time they should have been here! The conditions have been just right for them low water and clear on the Sunbury side (the water did come up after this weeks rain), just perfect for wading around below the dam and fishing towards the shore but not yet.
Another mayfly that has seen better days are the Trico's on Spring Creek and Bald Eagle, they are there but not in the number we did have years ago (Christ I sound old). Thirty years ago I took Dave from Fishing Creek Outfitters and we had no less that 20-30 feeding trout in from of us at just one hole, well you might be lucky to see 10 fish up in a really long pool, the flies are just not there, yes you might see a small mating swarm but then the spinner fall is not en mass, this will result in the trout not getting on them like they should, all the good spots are the same, shit plant, pines, willow pool and the junction pool are all the same. What the heck is happening to our mayflies, anyone have an idea? Guys something is happening to our waters and we are just not seeing the results fast enough to react but I am not a fan of the DEP spraying on the river but Spring does not have that issue so it has to be something else!
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